Chronology Maps

1959 1960 1961

Click a section name to see full details and a map.

Completed Route Name Start End Original number Other numbers Downgraded
M6 Lancaster Bypass J33 Hampson Green J35 Carnforth
A6070 Lancaster Bypass M6 J35 Carnforth J35A Keer Level Roundabout M6 A601(M)
M20 Maidstone Bypass (East) Forstal Road J8 Hollingbourne A20(M)
M60 Stretford and Eccles Bypass J7 Chester Road J13 Worsley M62 M63
M50 Ross Spur J1 Brockeridge Common J4 Ross on Wye
M20 Maidstone Bypass (West) J5 Aylesford Forstal Road A20(M)

In this section

What's new

London, in a new light

It was specially designed never to be noticed. And now it's disappearing, nobody has noticed its absence. It's London's own bespoke street light.

The Ringways Map is here

The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.

Red, white and blue

Kent County Council is run by eurosceptic nationalists. So why are they putting EU flags on their road signs?

Share this page

Have you seen...

Scammonden Bridge

If you've ever been on the M62 across the Pennines, you'll know the one. It's the huge arched bridge 120ft above the road. And this is what it's like when you're standing on top of it!